Category: Think Pieces
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The outrage coming up on my feed felt performative, every day there was something new to be angry about, post about, that it all felt overwhelming and I just couldn’t keep up. Contribution by Keah Lily. Since the start of the pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in time spent online, with people seeking new…
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Is the question every woman will ask themselves during the luteal phase of their menstrual cycle, right? Contribution by Charissa Halsey. Wrong. But if you do find yourself anxiously worrying about the effects your premenstrual symptoms (PMS) will have on your mental wellbeing this month, then it might be a bit more serious than just…
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By Marco Marcelline Kofi McCalla has been at the forefront of documenting streetwear culture for years. From starting out by checking out Supreme drops at their flagship Soho store, he has built up a fanbase of hundreds of thousands. Alongside fashion, Kofi has been working diligently on his DJ’ing skills. His YouTube channel “UnknownVlogs” has…
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Black music is championed at festivals but it is rare that those same festivals are led or owned by Black people. Yam Carnival took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend and it didn’t hit the mark in the way people, especially Black people wanted it to. There was a real excitement for the festival…
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Words by: Dwayne Wilks The Harlem Spartan enjoys the solace of his own lane on his debut project, City of God. Harlem Spartans are one of Drill’s foundational groups, helping to build the sound that is now heard on streets as far east as Brooklyn and as far south as Accra. City of God shows…
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Cuffing season is weird; leave it behind. Welcome to Chelsea’s brand new dating column ‘Outside Of Love’, bringing you her latest musings on love, sex and relationships. “So, are you and Charlie still talking?” I hadn’t even had the chance to order a drink before Lucy, my best friend since college, was already asking me about…
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I arrived at Clapham Common by 2pm on a sunny Saturday morning. The area was already buzzing with hundreds of attendees, with locals asking, ‘What’s going on here? Is it some kind of event?’ We were all to excited to reply in chorus – ‘It’s Yam Carnival!’ Which resulted in more puzzled looks from passers-by. And I…
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The Rise of Indigenous Yoruba culture in Western entertainment today. Contribution by Demilade Phillips. . The 2017 Grammys marked a very prominent moment for me as a black Nigerian man of Yoruba heritage. All anybody could talk about afterwards was Beyoncé’s otherworldly performance. Cloaked in a goldish-yellow ensemble, anybody accustomed to ancient Yoruba history would…
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Getting dressed is likely the first thing you do each morning. It’s also likely that the first thing you say as you stare at the clothes bursting out your wardrobe is “I have nothing to wear”. We go shopping, we buy items with beautiful colours, prints and shapes to introduce some excitement into our wardrobes…
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How Savage X Fenty transformed my view on the male gaze. Let’s call him…Jake. For about six months or so, Jake became the luckiest man in the world. Why? Well, he was dating me of course. It was the dark side of the pandemic and I found myself entangled in a new relationship with a man…